Gilbert James
- Tale Summary There was once a poor woodcutter, who had a wife and two children from a previous marriage, but not enough money to feed them well. When a great famine came, his wife convinced him that they should leave the brother and sister, named
- Tale Summary There was once a maiden who was very pretty, but also very lazy. Whenever she tried to spin she would become inpatient, and whenever there was a knot she would rip it out and throw the thread on the ground. Whenever this happened, her
- Tale Summary When a poor Miller must speak with the King, he tells him that his daughter has the ability to spin straw into gold to make himself seem more notable. The king demands the presence of the girl. The miller’s daughter is shut into a large
- Tale Summary Once upon a time, a woman was pestered by a rabbit who was eating all of her fine cabbages, and so she tells her daughter to hunt it. She asks the rabbit to please stop eating the crops, and he asks her to climb on his tail and
- Tale Summary In olden times, the king had a beautiful young daughter, who often amused herself by sitting at the side of a fountain in the woods and throwing a golden ball up in the air to catch. One day, she drops it and loses it in the water. A
- Tale Summary This tale starts with the princess being born and all of the fairies presenting her with birthday wishes. One fairy, who had not been invited to the party, cursed her and said that during her fifteenth year she would prick her finger